HI Teresa, Just a reminder or helpful hint.. If the IP is 124.12.123.12 I would place the allow as allow 124/.12/.123/.* because the . can be used as a special character we want to make sure the pattern matches on the dot as well so the backslash eliminates the special character attribute of the dot... Cheers, -Jeff ____________________________ _____________________ Jeff Weber address@hidden Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676 NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690 University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 ________________________________________ ______________________